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"The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion."

"So far war has been the only force that can discipline a whole community and until an equivalent discipline is organized I believe that war must have its way."

"In the matter of war, ask this question to yourself and to your own fellow country men: Have you ever seen any politician in your country without legs, without arms, without eyes after war? No! You can't see such a thing because honourless politicians always stay in the safe ports while they send others to the zone of death!"

"War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves."

"War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it."

"A woman protested saying, "Of course it was a righteous war. My son fell in it."."

"In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory."

"In war there is no prize for runner-up."
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"Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers."

"It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business."

"New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure."

"America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose."

"With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system."
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